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Saint Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), like Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), is one of the four female Doctors of the Church, and one of the six Patron Saints of Europe. Her Revelations describe the Crucifiction in detail, and her 15 prayers to atone for the wounds of JESUS (5480 wounds to the Body of Christ)– if recited faithfully for one year (to atone for those wounds) – promise incredible rewards for those who persevere. Pope Pius IX approved the devotion.

And the editor also recalls what JESUS said upon delivering the Keys of the Holy Church to Saint Peter: "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18)

Therefore, in the editor's view, one ought to recite the prayers with the belief that the promises made will be promises kept.

Below: Rose window, Saint Brigid church, Romagnano, Trento, Italy. Photo by Syrio CC 4.0 license

The 21 Magnificent Promises of the 15 Prayers of Saint Bridget

[Ed note: the Promises and Prayers are copied from The Pieta Prayer Book and the 15 Saint Bridget Prayers]

JESUS made 21 beautiful Promises to those who recited the prayers for one consecutive year:

Promises

1. I will deliver 15 souls of his lineage from Purgatory.

2. 15 souls of his lineage will be confirmed and preserved in grace.

3. 15 sinners of his lineage will be converted.

4. Whoever recites these Prayers will attain in the first degree of perfection.

5. 15 days before his death I will give him My Precious Body in order that he may escape eternal starvation; I will give him My Precious Blood to drink lest he thirst eternally.

6. 15 days before his death he will feel a deep contrition for all his sins and will have a perfect knowledge of them.

7. I will place before him the sign of My Victorious Cross for his help and defense against the attacks of his enemies.

8. Before his death I shall come with My Dearest Beloved Mother.

9. I shall graciously receive his soul, and will lead it into eternal joys.

10. And having led it there I shall give him a special draught from the fountain of My Deity, something I will not for those who have not recited My Prayers.

11. Let it be known that whoever may have been living in the state of mortal sin for 30 years, but who will recite devoutly, or have the intention to recite these Prayers, the Lord will forgive him all his sins.

12. I shall protect him from strong temptations.

13. I shall preserve and guard his 5 senses.

14. I shall preserve him from a sudden death.

15. His soul will be delivered from eternal death.

16. He will obtain all he asks for from God and the Blessed Virgin.

17. If he has lived all his life doing his own will and he is to die the next day, his life will be prolonged.

18. Every time one recites these Prayers he gains 100 days indulgence.

19. He is assured of being joined to the supreme Choir of Angels.

20. Whoever teaches these Prayers to another, will have continuous joy and merit which will endure eternally.

21. There where these prayer are being said or will be said in the future God is present with His grace.

The 15 Prayers of Saint Bridget

First Prayer

Pray one Our Father and one Hail Mary.

O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to those who love Th

Excerpts of the Revelations to Saint Bridget

In order to experience the wounds to JESUS in more detail – and appreciate the depth of the 15 prayers – the editor here quotes from the Revelations of Saint Bridget – in which Christ’s Passion is described bt the Saint's own visions and the words JESUS and Mary placed in her consciousness.

Pope Benedict XV expressed this on the Revelations of St. Bridget: “The approbation of such revelations implies nothing more than, after mature examination, it is permissible to publish them for the unit of the faithful. Though they don’t merit the same credence as the truths of religion, one can, however, believe them out of human faith, conforming to the rules of prudence by which they are probable, and supported by sufficient motives that one might believe in them piously.” (Les Petits Bollandistes, tome XII)